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@rich8ames,

rich8ames wrote:

I love listening to NPR on Saturdays; some of the programs are so great. Garrison Keeler has a great program!

Welcome to A2k, rich. I agree with you re: Keillor. He has single-handedly almost brought back great radio comedy in the vein of The Great Gildersleeve and Fibber McGee and Molly.

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I completely missed The Golden AGe of Radio: my parents bought a television set in 1949.

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We did not have broadcast TV in Fresno until I was about twelve - around 1954. But, some radio programs lasted a bit beyond 1960.

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I love NPR as well. Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me! has to be one of the most entertaining shows ever. I love the news.

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I listened to NPR for years. Lately the shows I enjoy are not at convenient times.

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@edgarblythe,

You can listen on your computer. Just go to www.npr.org

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When on the computer, I use the word processor constantly. When I need a break, or get stuck, I go to a2k for a bit. I can't listen and work the word processor. Takes too much to go back and forth.

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@edgarblythe,

I can't either but I can work sudoku and listen.

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I just re-read the first two thirds of this thread. I have to say, I enjoyed it more than most threads I have ever participated in.

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I remembered the thread, Boss, but i didn't remember the content all that well. I'm re-reading it now. I'm glad you bumped it up, EB.

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@plainoldme,

plainoldme wrote:

I completely missed The Golden AGe of Radio: my parents bought a television set in 1949.

Hi Edgar! Interesting thread! I'm like the person above and also missed radio in my youth.

I immigrated from Holland to Canada in 1956 (5 years old). I can't even clearly remember anymore when we got our first TV, but remember watching at other people's homes.

I know nothing about all the radio shows that you mentioned, but, of course, remembered watching some of them on TV.

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@Reyn,

Well, I recommend you buy a time machine and check them out.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

Well, I recommend you buy a time machine and check them out.

um Edgar, that's called a "wayback machine."

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@dyslexia,

As heavy as reyn is, it might become a swayback machine.

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In 1954 my parents bought a TV and the first thing I saw was the news - John Cameron Swayze - the fifteen-minute Camel News Caravan. News shows should still run just 15 minutes.

As far as what we did before? I have no idea, I was only 4.

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@BillW,

They still run sixteen minutes, but they use up 30 minutes or more to tell it.

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@PDiddie,

I remember him, a mountie with a dog named King?

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@edgarblythe,

I remember as a boy, going up into the attic with gramps to fire up the Zenith and listen to The Shadow. Then to the shortwave bands for police calls, what a great way to spend Saturday night! I recall all the others you mention but only from TV. I just finished watching some Have Gun Will Travel episodes on Netflix.

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@cwh1947,

Have Gun Will Travel is one of my top favorites - and, the next to the last radio show I heard. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar seems to have outlasted it.

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I had all of this brought back to me on Sunday morning. CBC is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and The Girl and i went to the CBC Broadcast Center in downtown Toronto for the taping of a show they will air on the anniversary date (November 2nd) called "Raised on Radio." I was. We only really started to watch the television my grandmother bought in 1956 when our favorite radio programs started to show up on the teevee.

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